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ĒRĀN-WIN(N)ĀRD-KAWĀ

ĒRĀN-WIN(N)ĀRD-KAWĀD (Kawād[has] arranged Ērān), name of a Sasanian province (šahrestān) created by Kawād I (r. 488-531) in his reorganisation of the empire. Ḥamza Eṣfahānī called it Īrān waṭāraṭ Kawād and mentioned that it contained rostāqs belonging to Qom (Ḥamza, pp. 25, 38).

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